we are joined by new york times correspondent and author michael gordon. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> he had to make a plan for the invasion without considering the atomic and -- on. -- bomb. landing on the coast would cost our men thousands. grandson, itruman's choose to honor both, both the sacrifice, sacrifice of american servicemen fighting in the pacific and of little girl in japan who died as a result of the atomic bomb. it is unimaginable what that must of been like to be close to that center where that fireball originated. >> follow clifton truman daniel on his journey to hiroshima. the president's grants and joins us in washington to discuss meetings with bomb survivors. this is on c-span 3. >> professional golfer arnold palmer received the congressional gold mine -- gold metal. many talked about his contributions to the game of golf and his work as a humanitarian. he also received the presidential medal of freedom from george w. bush in 2004. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our hono